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How did we end up with a two weeks honor system that is only expected from one side?
by wahnfrieden 4y ago
How did we end up with a two weeks honor system that is only expected from one side?
- kube-system 4y agoBecause voluntarily departures are generally cordial. There is effectively no overlap between severely disgruntled employees and those who give their employer a courteous heads up about their departure. Whereas involuntary termination is never a happy circumstance.
- sundaeofshock 4y agoSimple power dynamics. The employee has a lot more to loose than the employer a when a person’s employment ends.
- wahnfrieden 4y agoYes when you’re one person individually up against a highly organized institution - easy to see why employers prefer the organizing to be one sided
- kortilla 4y agoSeverance packages are common in tech for layoffs. That is effectively many weeks notice, you just don’t have to work during them which is nicer. If you’re being fired for underperforming, that’s usually many weeks in the making and you’re given many written notices (HR departments like really clear paper trails). The only times I hear of where termination is sudden without notice or compensation is when people get fired for something egregious or the company literally ran out of money (startups can be rough). Caveat: all of the above applies to the tech industry. I understand it can be much worse for employees in other industries.
- 13of40 4y agoOne of my previous companies (in the US) had a policy of escorting you to the door immediately if you told them you were leaving for a competitor. In practice, we usually took them out to lunch, had a laugh about it, and all but one of us came back to the office.
- wahnfrieden 4y agoYea sorry wasn’t only talking about our industry’s extremely cushy dev & pmc jobs
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